Railway car



Jan, 9, 1923 1,441,739,

W. P. MURPHY.

RAILWAY CAR.

FILED APR. 911919. 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

MR9, 1923.. IAMJBQL W. P. MURPHY.

RAILWAY CAR.

FILED APR. 9, 1919. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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ENEMY CAR.

application filed April 9, 1919. flerial No. 233,855.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l[, WALTER P. MURPHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Cars,.of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of railway cars, particularly box cars, and has for its principal object to provide a wall structure, more specifically an end wall structure, for a railway car which will be strong, light and inexpensive to manufacture.

The invention consists in the novel and improved arrangements, devices and constructions to be hereinafter described and claimed, for carrying out the above statedobject and such other incidental objects as will appear from the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention.

This embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein---- Fig. 1 is an end view of the superstructure of a railway box car of the type referred to, the end wall of which is constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional plan on line 2--2 of Fig. 1..

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the end of the car with the roof structure'removed, and

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on line 41-4 of Fig. 1.

lLike characters of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the end plate of the car, 11 the end sill, 12 the flooring, 13 the side sills, 14 the side plates, 15 the corner posts, 16 the side sheathing, which is Sll'OWIl as of wood, and

17 the side wall lining.

The end wall structure of the car is composed of an outer sheathing consisting of one or more, preferably a plurality of steel plates, and a lining of wood consistlng preferably of matched planking. 1n the embodiment of the invention shown in the their dimension longitudinally of the car, from the floor of the car to the roof. These ribs which rigidify the end wall, to a considerable extent, and give it strength, are preferably formed by pressing the edges of the end sheets 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 to form outstanding, and therefrom, laterally projecting flanges. Both the vertical edges of sheets 19, 20 and 21 and the inner vertical edges of sheets 18 and 22 are so formed. That is, sheet 18, for example, is pressed at its inner edge to form an outstanding, tapered flange 23 and a laterally projecting flange 24. g The adjacent edge of sheet 19 is formed with an outstanding flange .25 and projecting therefrom a laterally extending flange 26 which is overlapped by flange 2 1. The overlapping flanges 24, 26 may be secured together at intervals by rivets 27 so that the ribs thus formed give very considerable-rigidit-y to the wall, since the top or outer surfaces thereof are of double thickness. The outer vertical edges of sheets 18 and 22 are preferably formed with angularly disposed flanges 28 secured by ,bolts 29 to the corner posts 15. The lower edges of the sheets are preferably provided with angular, inturned flanges 30 intervening between the flooring 12 and the end sill 11 and secured to the latter by bolts 31. .In order to further anchor the hollow, outstanding ribs to the under frame of the car, angular members 32 are provided secured by rivets 33 to the flanges 23. These members extend under the end sill 11 and are secured thereto by bolts 34. It will be obvious that the number of sheets might be increased or decreased as desired, and that the hollow ribs I might be formed otherwise than at the overlapping edges of the sheets. Within the recesses or ribs formed in the metal sheathing as above described, are set tapered wooden strips 35 which may be held in place by occasional bolts 36. The lining, made up 'preferably of horizontally disposed matched planks 37, may 'be nailed to strips 35'.

lln order to give secure anchorage for the upper edge of the metal sheathing, T provide a bracing structure on the inside of the car which also serves to hold the members of the roof frame of the car in proper rectilinear alignment. Preferably this bracing structure consists of an angle bar 38 extending across the car from side to side and fastened to the end plate 10 by bolts 39. These end sheets. The angle bar 38 may be secured to the side plates 14: of the car by means of angular gussets 40 and by means of a pair of crossed braces ll riveted at 42 to the angle bar and at opposite extremities to short angular plates 43 secured to the wooden side plates 14. r v

' It will be seen that the hollow ribs formed by Hanging the end sheets constitute posts or Vertical beams which serve to give strength and rigidity to the end, the usual end posts and diagonal braces being omitted. They also serve to hold in place the wooden mailing strips 35 to which the inner lining boards 37 are fastened.

I claim: 4

1. A wall structure for a railway car comprising, in combination, an outer metal sheathing formed to provide a plurality of substantially upright, outstanding, hollow ribs, wooden strips in said ribs, a wooden lining fastened to said strips and means engaging the sides of said ribs for anchoring the lower ends of the same to the under frame of the car.

2. A wall structure for a railway car comprising, in combination, an outer metal sheathing formed to provide a plurality of substantially upright, outstanding, hollow ribs, wooden strips in said ribs, a wooden liningfastened to said strips, and angular members attached to the lower ends of said ribs and extending under and fastened to the end sill of the car. y

. 3. A wall structure for a railway car, comprising, in combination, an outer metal sheathing formed to provide a plurality of substantially upright, outstanding, hollow ribs, which terminate short of the lower edge of said sheathing, wooden strips in said'ribs, and a wooden lining fastened to said strips, said metal sheathing being provided with an angularly disposed flange attached to the end sill of. the car.

4;. A wall structure for a railway car comprising, in combination, an outer metal sheathing formed to provide a plurality of substantially upright, outstanding, hollow ribs of increasing depth from top to bottom, wooden strips in said ribs, a wooden lining fastened to said strips, and means engaging the sides of the rib for anchoring the lower ends of the same to said under frame.

5. A wall structure for a railway car comprising, in combination, an outer metal sheathing formed to provide a plurality of substantially upri ht, outstanding, hollow ribs of increasing depth from top to bottom, Wooden strips in said ribs, a wooden lining fastened to said strips, and angular members attached to the lower ends of said ribs and extending under and fastened to the end sill of the ear.

6. A- wall structure for a railway car comprising, in combination, an outer metal sheathing formed to provide a plurality of substantially upright, outstanding, hollow ribs, which terminate short of the lower edge of the sheathing, wooden strips in said ribs, a wooden lining fastened to said strips, and angular members attached to the lower ends of said ribs l and extending under and fastened to the end sill of the car, said metal sheathing being provided with an angularly disposed flange attached to the end sill.

7. wall structure for a railway car comprising, in combination, an outer metal sheathing consisting of a plurality of sheets flanged and overlapped to provide at their meeting edges substantially upright, outstanding, hollow ribs which terminate short vof the lower edge of the sheathing, wooden strips in said ribs, and a wooden lining fastened to said strips, said metal sheathing being provided with an angularly disposed flange attached to the end sill.

8. A wallstructure for a railway car comprising, in combination, an outer metal sheathing consisting of a plurality of sheets flanged and overlapped to provide at their meeting edges substantially upright, outstanding, hollow ribs which terminate short ofthe'lower edges of the sheets, wooden strips in said ribs, a wooden lining fastened to said strips, and angular members attached to the lower ends of the ribs and extending under and fastened to the end sill of the car, said sheets being formed with angularly disposed flanges attached to the end sill.

9. A wall structure for a railway car comprising, in combination, an outer metal sheathing formed to provide a plurality of substantially upright, outstanding, hollow ribs of increasing depth from top to bottom, Wooden strips in said ribs, a wooden lining fastened to said strips, means for anchoring the lower ends of the ribs to said under frame, and a bracing structure for the roof frame of the car to which the upper edge of the metal sheathing is anchored.

10. A wall structure for a railway car comprising a plurality of metal sheathing plates extending from top to bottom of the car Wall, and formed with tapered upstanding flanges and with flanges laterally projecting therefrom, the lateral flanges of adjacent plates being overlapped to provide hollow, outstanding ribs, nailing strips in said ribs, horizontally disposed lining boards fastened to said nailing strips, angular members secured to said ribs and projecting under and secured to the sill of the car, and

a bracing structure within the car to which the upper edges of the sheets are secured through the roof framing of the car.

11. A railway car wall structure comprising a plurality of metal sheets secured together along vertical lines, the overlapping edges ol which terminate short ofthe'lower edges of the sheets and are pressed to form outstanding webs and flanges projecting therefrom which flanges are overlapped, one on the other, to provide outstanding ribs, the top of which are of a thickness double the thickness of the rest of the wall.

12. A railway car wall structure comprising a plurality of metal sheets secured together along vertical lines, the overlapping edges of the'sheets being pressed to form outstanding webs and flanges projecting therefrom which flanges are overlapped, one on the other, to provide outstanding ribs, the tops of which are of a thickness double the thickness of the, rest of the wall, and anchorin devices secured to the sides of the lower en s of the ribs for anchoring the ribs to the under frame of the car.

13. A railway car end wall structure comprising a plurality of metal sheets secured together along vertical lines, the overlapping edges of the sheets being pressed to form outstanding webs which terminate short of'the lower edges of the sheets and increase in width from the top to the bottom of the wall, and flanges projecting thereture formed with a plurality of outpressed,

substantially vertical hollow ribs, 1n combination with anchoring devices secured to the sides of the ribs at the bottom for anchoring the ribs to the underframe of the car.

15. In combination with the sill of a railway car, a sheet metal wall structure formed with a plurality of outpressed, substantially vertical hollow ribs, and angular anchoring devices secured to the sides of said ribs at the bottom and projecting under and attached to said sill.

WALTE P. V 1 

